First arrivals in the Rolex Fastnet Race are due into Plymouth in the early hours of Wednesday morning. But for sure the only records likely to be broken in this 90th anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship 603 mile offshore race will be for slowness. The opportunity to better the multihull record, …
A weak, dying front across southern Ireland and the Celtic Sea combined with an absence of isobars anywhere in the UK made it a most frustrating night for the 350+ crews still competing in the Rolex Fastnet Race. The GRIB files for the race area at present are showing winds of no more than 5 …
Day 2 of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race. The leading yachts have passed the halfway point of the 603-nm offshore race with the front-running multihulls rounding the race’s emblematic turning point – the Fastnet rock. The fastest monohulls are in close pursuit, while the majority of the fleet is engaged in a real tactical contest …
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Different options around the Scilly Isles have been put to effect today at the front of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Rolex Fastnet Race with the leaders taking three significantly different routes, hoping to make the best of the complex Celtic Sea weather on the 150 mile leg northwest to the Fastnet Rock off southwestern …
The Rolex Fastnet Race starts August 16 and classic yacht Dorade is joining forces with grand prix racing machines Comanche and Lucky, and entering the event’s Team Challenge for the Martin Illinworth Trophy. The trio will make up the New York Yacht Club Team for the 603-mile ocean race. To win the challenge, the team …
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